Stults has passed through waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Double-A Tulsa on Monday, Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish reports. Stults was part of a six-player trade that sent Juan Uribe to the Braves and Alberto Callaspo back to the Dodgers, but was designated for assignment afterwards. He'll likely serve as organizational depth for the club.

Stults was designated for assignment by the Dodgers on Wednesday, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports. Stults was included in the six-player trade that sent Alberto Callaspo to Los Angeles and Juan Uribe to Atlanta, but it looks like Stults will merely serve as organizational depth with his new club. The veteran lefty was clobbered to the tune of a 5.85 ERA in 47.2 innings with the Braves this season.

Stults is headed to the Dodgers along with Alberto Callaspo, Ian Thomas, and Juan Jaime in a trade that sends Juan Uribe and Chris Withrow to the Braves, MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports. After signing with the Braves during the offseason, Stults will head back to the team he broke into the major leagues with in 2006. His role with the Dodgers has yet to be revealed, but he figures to work either as the team's fifth starter or long reliever.

Stults (1-5) struggled mightily in his spot start Friday against the Brewers, allowing seven runs on three hits and five walks over 3.2 innings in an 11-0 blowout loss. Filling in for Alex Wood (stomach virus), Stults struggled despite allowing only three hits; he let seven of his eight baserunners come around to score. Wood's stomach will likely be feeling better by the time his next start rolls around, so this was probably a one-and-done for Stults, who will return to a bullpen role.

Stults will make an impromptu start Friday against the Brewers. Alex Wood has a stomach virus and was scratched hours before Friday's game and Stults was on hand to step into the rotation. Stults has a 5.36 ERA and just 25 strikeouts in 40.1 innings this season and is a very low end option among starting pitchers in daily leagues Friday.

Stults will not make his scheduled start next Wednesday, and be moved to a bullpen role. It had been a long time coming for the 35-year-old Stults, who owns a 7.00 ERA through three starts in May. Until another rotation spot opens up for him, he can likely be dropped in most formats. Williams Perez will take over his rotation spot for the time being.

Stults (1-4) gave up five runs on six hits and a walk in five innings of work Wednesday in a road loss to Cincinnati. He gave up runs in four of his five innings in this game -- a remarkable example of the wrong sort of consistency. This season has been a struggle for Stults, with the one good part of his pitching line -- just eight walks in 40.1 innings -- easily obscured by the nine homers and 24 runs he's given up. Stults sticks out as the Atlanta rotation member at greatest risk of being displaced by the potential recall of prospect Manny Banuelos.

Stults earned his first win of the season Monday, holding the Nationals to two runs in 6.1 innings. Stults has now impressed in consecutive outings, allowing three runs over 12.1 innings. The lefty will now carry a 4.03 ERA into his weekend start against the Reds.

Stults delivered six strong innings Wednesday against the Mets, striking out five without a walk while allowing just a run on four hits, but he didn't receive a decision in the eventual loss. The Braves' bullpen blew this one for the lefty, who'd put up unimpressive results in his first two starts of the year, but looked much better against a depleted Mets lineup (no David Wright, no Travis d'Arnaud, no Daniel Murphy). Nonetheless, he's not a high-end starting option next week against Washington.

Stults gave up four runs on five hits over five innings in a loss to Miami on Wednesday. He's gone five innings in each of his first two starts for the Braves, fanning five and walking three over 10 innings while serving up three home runs. Stults is on track to take the ball Wednesday against the Mets at Citi Field for his next start.